Meshech

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Meshech
     drawing out, the sixth son of Japheth (Gen. 10:2), the founder
     of a tribe (1 Chr. 1:5; Ezek. 27:13; 38:2,3). They were in all
     probability the Moschi, a people inhabiting the Moschian
     Mountains, between the Black and the Caspian Seas. In Ps. 120:5
     the name occurs as simply a synonym for foreigners or


     barbarians. "During the ascendency of the Babylonians and
     Persians in Western Asia, the Moschi were subdued; but it seems
     probable that a large number of them crossed the Caucasus range
     and spread over the northern steppes, mingling with the
     Scythians. There they became known as Muscovs, and gave that
     name to the Russian nation and its ancient capital by which they
     are still generally known throughout the East"
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Meshech, who is drawn by force